Kirsty Wither : A Layered View
"I have a need to engage with things that are uplifting and energising."
Kirsty Wither paints brightly coloured and textured still lifes, figures and landscapes. Her paintings are as much about the surface quality as the subject matter, applying vibrant layers of oil paint to achieve the desired outcome.
"I have a strong belief that colour can have a profound effect on our demeanour and well-being and I have always worked in oil, the most vibrant and rich of mediums. In this exhibition, alongside the choices of colour, decisions made in the studio address tension in the compositions - for example, blooms or leaves look as though they are flying away, or even barely clinging on. There are new and unexpected colour combinations where bold punchy colours are held in check by swathes of neutral areas."- Kirsty Wither, 2024
Kirsty Wither was born in 1968 and studied at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen from 1986 to 1990. Since 1989 she has been selected to appear in group exhibitions throughout the UK and from 1995 has had regular solo exhibitions in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London. She was elected Artist Member of the Chelsea Arts Club in 2004 and has many works in private and public collections worldwide. She now lives and works in Brighton.
